Complicity of meaning and the original presence: intertwining relationship with the life-world in Merleau-Ponty

Resumen

This work attempts to trace the intertwining relationship in the life-world as Merleau-Ponty describes it in the Phenomenology of Perception. As we start to reflect on his concept of body, the world, the others, and the I, we begin to realize the originality that each of these terms conveys, thereby enriching our experience in the world. Under these circumstances, we will no longer place the I as the center of meaning, but as the complicity of meaning due to its intertwining relationship with the life-world. The original presence brings an ambiguity that is ungraspable by objective thought, although it is experienced in the very situation that we encounter ourselves.

Key words: Merleau-Ponty, phenomenology, perception, complicity of meaning, original presence, intertwining, body, other, world, ego, cogito, I.